Well.... typical Louisiana Weather.....
Rainy during the weekend..... Fall dampness and then..........
Tonight we will hit 27 degrees..... Winter has arrived....
Its Monday at the Office and Covid is lurking around... spray spray, spray, wash, wash wash, ...mask, mask, mask.....
Isolate Isolate... !!!
Every year... along the Mighty Red..... you hear sounds of the flocks heading south.....
The last four years the flocks didn't sound out.....
I was sitting on the front porch, sipping an Old Fashion, Makers Mark, when I heard the honk honk honk, those calls that send chills through my soul, that brings back memories of walking the fields of the farm on dreary winters afternoons,,,,, ..... it warms my soul.....
I stepped off the porch to see the first flock of Snow Bellies flying South..... in a mangled formation, but flying South, Honking their tunes..........
It brought tears to my eyes, I cried.... to know that I had survive another year, to hear the Sounds of Geese flying South... its a Louisiana Day here in the Lil City by the Red..... A Wondrous Afternoon.....
Make a fire in the fireplace, fix another Ole Fashion,..... and Call the Dogs... Yes Call the Dogs
I have not been in a writing or posing mood lately.. no thoughts or even a trail of tidbits have floated through my mine in the last days of November.
We are suppose to feel the cold temps of a Louisiana Winter here in the next five days... its been raining on and off all day.....
I had two young gay doctors who are in a residency program here fore supper on Tuesday night, we had a Shrimp Creole, plenty of wine, and some Trappist Monk's fruit cake...
I spent TG here at the house, later on in the day, towards sunset, I went down the street to Bob and John's home to have a light supper .....
I have the house open presently, screen door latched on the front and the back door open to the back porch..... The Barn Yard Owls are cooing to each other .. as I hear... it was reported the other day that foxes were roaming the outside limits of the city.... Wildlife is coming near.. that is the only things I have to report...
Life is ok.... Its just Me.... which might be the Best Thing... for It to be Just Me... I don't have to worry or be concerned about any one else.
Here we are the 21st of November .....
One fire in the Fireplace... ... Balmy Weather to say the lest.....
No Frost on the Ground.... ... Not even a chilly rain..... its a Limp Season for sure... maybe we might have some winter here soon.. we count on having a few freezes to kill the mosquito and spider populations.. since we are a Buggy State... the semi tropics for sure.... now days.
Its Summer time out there.....and the Mosquitos are in droves.... Raid Yard Guard.. by the cans are sprayed each evening if you don't have a screen porch... thankfully the back porch is screened.. I am thinking I might have to invest in screening the front porch as well
2020..... has not been a good Year.... over the last week, three people I work with have come down with the Covid..... .... All have small children... which might explain it........... but who knows.. one is not doing so well.... but I am told he will pull through..
I fully expect that, the Governor, as Limp Dick as he might be.. I hope he has enough nuts to pull the plug and send us back to at lest a "stay Home Order" soon.... say for 3 to four weeks... it's getting very bad out there.. My Dr Friend says most hospitals are at capacity .. in the ICUs
The title of this post says it all.........
Isolation ........ due to Geographical Location.....
No Life..... The young barely graduate high school...
Vo Tech School.....Its hard scrabble......
College.... they usually don't make it past the first semester .. lay up on academic probation the next semester and kicked out..... can't come back..
Post du Rapides .. has a population of 129,122 according to recent figures.....
Post du Rapides has a geographical size of 1,362 square miles..... so less than 100 people per square mile
More Pine Trees ... Pine Trees and along with Poor Folks... so isolated...
Our airport has an "International" designation .. due to our link to the US Army at Fort Polk...and The ICE services provided by Airplane Contractors . Con Air... that flys deportations out each day...
AEX is our notation on any flight log.
I ran into a young man that has never been further Baton Rouge.. even tho he has played cello at Northwestern La University..
I mentioned the Pine Trees and Poor Folks in a comment to a friend in another state that lives in a very Metropolitan Area.... ..
At lest we have Waitr... Thank Goodness for Viet Thai Bistro.. but even when the pandemic is nearing its end and I want to go to Viet Thai Bistro... they don't serve liquor... a sign of the Conservative Beast that Rules............
Post du Rapides
This is Not a Bitch Post. We Do Have Clean Air... Good Water.. Virtually No Traffic.. You can get thru a traffic light in one cycle....
Its Just a Statement of how the Gay Population is being isolated... no jobs for the young.. and they can't go no where... !!!!
Time and Time again over my lifespan here in the Deep Deep South. ....
I have been reminded of the 3 Rules of Gay Dating... and now even Friendship....
Have a Job
Have a Vehicle
Have a key to where you rest your head at night
These 3 lil guidelines, rules, or whatever you may want to recognize them as, known to me as The 3, seems to work here. Breaking either one of. the three or not requiring all three.... usually places a man in a situation that only will ... cause him to be manipulated, hoodswaggled, or ask to help out, lend money to, pay cell phone bills, or help with the rent or hotel stay...
I was chatting with a friend the other night, a guy in his fifties, on his plight to find a romp in his bed. I warned him about who he was about to invite over... the guy hit the list for two out of three..... true to The 3... it ended up not a good night .. and an awkward situation for my friend.......
Whether it is dating or the beginning of a budding friendship... the 3 apply....
Is it the economy down here, is it the semi tropical climate, the overly hot summers, the culture of the Lower South, what is the root beginning in the Gay Population here.. ... I see more and more guys falling into The 3 circle... sooner or later they all make the pitch to ask for something... We seem to have much more than what I read in other blogs... or is it just as prevailing in other parts of the country.. and why is it so pronounced here.. it seems......
The Election Party was mostly the staff.. all masks .. however we had some folks who didn't wear masks
The Virus has come back to the office.. . one of the staff is out with the V....
On another topic... all is well.. stood my ground with some of the NN.... .. it has seem to work.. don't know how long it will stand....
We are experiencing a very hot Fall... its not nice.... three hurricanes.. the V.. and now hot humid weather..just not working .... out for a lot of folks.. we all want that brisk wind to face... just a lil brisk.
The People Spoke........
The Hype lingered........................
It was an Uneasy Feeling.........................
Then George B called to congratulate Joe and Kamala...........................
All Then Knew it Was Over............
The People Spoke............
Today is Today.....
The Rubber meets the Road........
It's going to be tighter than Dick's Hat Band............
or
Will it be Finer than Frog's Hair spilt four ways
or
If it is Going to be Peaches but the Can.........................
Today is All Saints Day.......
Better go whitewash the graves if you live in South Louisiana...
Around here most folks visit family plots etc.. tell the tales of long ago.., etc.....
It brings back memories of days passed...
All is well on the Red Bricks in the Lil City by the Red today.....
Its a great Fall day here.. bright sun.... blue skies...... and brisk 68 degrees with a slight wind...
The stain glass in the front windows ... are brightly highlighted...
Part II
Sunday Evening.......
During the day, I saw my neighbors scurrying about.... we have a wonderful mixture of elderly, young, gay, straight, haven't actually declared it, Demos, Reps, No Parties, Independents, that reside here on the Red Bricks... its a nice group of nosey muther fuckers in the worst sense of the word...and on the other hand its nice to have neighbors that see a suspicious person lurking around your sidewalk...
You sometimes have to take the Good .. with the Nosey...
I have already Early Voted...at the Courthouse last week:
Biden Harris... I dont want to even say his name.... For the Sake of God and Country!!!!!
McCallum... Yes Not Gremillion... Louisiana Supreme Court. McCallum does wear a Bow Tie
Chelette.... Not Fuller... Councilman at Large
Hopewell ...Not Rachal.... City Marshal Race
Williams .... Not Sanders...... Minority Judge Race
and
I voted No on all the amendments to the La Constitution .... except for bring on Sports Betting.... Please let the Betting Parlors reappear.....
We need the tax dollars..... some years ago, there was a vote by Parish (we dont have counties) that let the individual Parishes decide whether or not to have Gambling, etc... these Stupid folks here in the Great Parish of Rapides.. (and you can not pronounce it like we do).. made the choice to Vote it as a Dry Non Gambling Parish.... The Parish lost ...approximately .. 4 million dollars in revenue. that was coming into the coffers of the Police Jury.. Yes We have a Police Jury.. (its your County Commissioners) but we like still to be a Lil Bit French..C'est Bon!!!!!